Mariana holds a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University, USA. She is currently working with the IPC-IG’s research team on the monitoring and evaluation of Nike’s sports for development project with 22 Olympic Villages in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France, and a BA in Journalism from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil.

From 2009 to 2012 and from 2013 to 2015 Mariana worked with the IPC-IG’s Communications unit as a knowledge management assistant and communications officer. In 2012 she served as a communications consultant for the World Food Programme Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brasília.